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NP Altovise Davis (1943–2009), actress and dancer, wife of Sammy Davis Jr. (unmarked grave) George Davis (1914–1998), art director; Jim Davis (1909–1981), actor, Jock Ewing on TV's Dallas [55] [56] Mildred Davis (1901–1969), actress, wife of comic actor, Harold Lloyd, mother of Harold Lloyd Jr. [56] NP Sammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990 ...
The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular (1962) What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers (1962) As Long as She Needs Me (1963) Sammy Davis Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium (1964) The Shelter of Your Arms (1964) Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's "California Suite" (1964) Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers (1964)
Davis was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, to Rosa B. Taylor (1870–1956) and Robert Davis (1868–1948). He and his former wife Elvera Sanchez were both dancers in a vaudeville troupe. The couple split up when their son Sammy Jr. was three. Davis took custody of his son, who then went into show business with his father.
In 1967, Sammy Davis Jr. offered an insightful guest column about the everyday problems that he and others faced as Black people in America. In the 1960s, America seemed on the brink of a second ...
Will Mastin died on March 14, 1979, at age 100, according to the California Death Index. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, near Sammy Davis Sr. and Sammy Davis Jr. [2] The epitaph on his tomb says only: He Was A Vaudevillian, it does not provide birth and death dates.
"To see Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg alongside my dad and Sammy Davis Jr. in such a revolutionary way is both thrilling and surreal,” Sinatra’s daughter, Tina Sinatra, 76, said in a quote obtained ...
Fred Hermansky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Sammy Davis Jr. in 1965. She and Novak also have their own documentary project in the works, of which Cameron is also the executive producer.
[4] [5] The couple remained married until Sammy Davis Jr.'s death in 1990. [ 6 ] Long saddled with tax problems following the death of her husband, Altovise Davis was included in 2008 on the California Franchise Tax Board 's list of the top 250 delinquent taxpayers, with $2,708,901.75 in unpaid personal income tax.